Five of the eight from India; in fact seven of the eight are from the continent of Asia.

Korea and Singapore RepresentedKorea’s Lee Soon Ju and Singapore’s Christabel Ko Jun Li have also secured the prestigious award; the one no-Asian is from Europe.

European RepresentativeMaria del Carmen Turrado Aldonza from Spain completes the list of those who succeeded during the evaluation period which commenced on Sunday 1st January 2012 and cover the first three months of the year.

TotalThe new appointees mean that there is now a total of 223 umpires who possess the Blue Badge.